What does the new Section K cover?

The new Section K covers telecommunication, computer programming and consulting, computing infrastructure, and other information service activities. The EUR-Lex summary lists that title among the 22 sections of NACE Rev. 2.1. The section contains divisions 61 and 62 and the rest of division 63. The title is a statistical heading. No code for a specific reader is determined by it.

Which divisions sit in the new Section K?

Paragraph 165 states that the second new section includes existing divisions 61 and 62 and the rest of division 63. Division 61 covers telecommunication. Division 62 covers computer programming, consultancy and related activities. Division 63 covers computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities, together with web search portal activities and other information service activities. The division titles are taken from the detailed structure in Part 2 of the manual, and the restructuring inside each division is covered in separate guides in this cluster.

The letter K is reused, and the reuse creates the most important reading trap in the split. In NACE Rev. 2, the letter K meant financial and insurance activities. In NACE Rev. 2.1, financial and insurance activities sit in Section L, and the letter K means the telecommunication and computing section described here. A dataset that quotes a code starting with K without stating its version is therefore ambiguous between two entirely different sections. The version must be stated before the letter is read at all.

What is the boundary of the new Section K?

The explanatory notes for Section K state the section in positive terms and then list exclusions. The section includes telecommunication and related service activities, in other words transmitting voice, data, text, sound and video, in division 61; computer programming, consultancy and related activities, in division 62; and the provision of computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities, in division 63. The common feature of division 61 is the transmission of content, without being involved in its creation or alteration, as the note states.

The exclusions in the Section K note point across the boundary in both directions. Publishing, broadcasting and content production are excluded to Section J. Financial and insurance services using published software are excluded to Section L. Activities of gambling sites are excluded to class 92.00. Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment is excluded to class 95.10. Each exclusion names the category where the activity belongs in the manual. A reader who follows an exclusion to its stated category, and then reads the note for that category, is following the manual as it is written.

How is the section laid out in the structure?

| Division | Place in the new Section K |

|---|---|

| 61 | Telecommunication |

| 62 | Computer programming, consultancy and related activities |

| 63 | Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting, web search portals and other information services, after the move of news and postproduction content to Section J |

The table follows paragraph 165 and the detailed structure. Division 63 is the division that was divided by the split: part of its content moved to Section J, and the rest remained in Section K. The table states that division in those terms, rather than giving a shortened title that would hide the move. The group and class detail inside each division is set out in the explanatory notes, and separate guides in this cluster cover the restructuring of divisions 61, 62 and 63.

What does the split not decide?

Every statement in this cluster about a move between versions is a statement about the published structure, not a statement about a specific unit. The manual records the moves at section, division, group and class level, and the correspondence tables record the moves class by class. Where a move is one to many or many to many, the table does not pick a new class for a specific unit. For each new class, read the explanatory note, and confirm the entry with the national statistical institute or business register holding the record.

Where is a moved code confirmed?

To confirm a move caused by the split, read the explanatory note for the Rev. 2.1 category, read the correspondence table entry for the Rev. 2 code, and confirm the entry held for the unit concerned with the national statistical institute or the business register that holds the record.

Place the activity in division 61, 62 or the remaining part of 63, check that the version is Rev. 2.1 before reading the letter K, and confirm the entry with the institute or register that holds it.